August 3, 2016 / Home

Susan Bass Levin first met the Clintons in 1991 when Bill was first introduced to New Jersey Democrats as a presidential candidate contender. Bill was impressive, she recalled. But she also thought that Hillary would someday make a great president. More...

Newly rediscovered footage of a 1968 interview with David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, shows him opposing West Bank settlements and instead favoring the return of most of the land Israel captured in the Six-Day War. More...

Israel’s most senior official expected to attend the Rio Olympics said she would not participate in the opening ceremony because it takes place on Shabbat. The opening ceremonies are scheduled to take place on the evening of Aug. More...

Hamas is digging more than six miles of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel each month and some are undetectable, Israeli defense and diplomatic officials said. Citing a Channel 2 news report quoting unidentified officials, The Times of Israel More...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar— A nascent Jewish community was officially born in Madagascar several months ago when 121 men, women and children underwent Orthodox conversions on the remote Indian Ocean island nation better known for lemurs, chameleo More...

I was pregnant with my first daughter when I stood above the steps leading into the mikvah. After years of study, private and at a synagogue, and months of preparation, I was converting to Judaism. More...

Rabbis, cantors and lay leaders of the Jewish community joined roughly 100 people at a Service of Healing at the Second Baptist Church in Atlantic City to honor the lives of those slain unjustly as well as to show support for local law enforcement on More...

Looking for a kosher chicken for tonight’s dinner? Or a complete, glatt kosher Shabbat dinner for 10 people, delivered to your door? Or did you just want to grab coffee and a scone for breakfast (for under $5—or a salad-to-go for lunch?) More...

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 ADATH EMANU-EL Social Action School Supplies Drive all month to be donated to less fortunate children in the area. Rabbi Kleinman leads a threeweek Summertime Lifelong Learning Class at 7 p.m. More...

One of our Federation’s departments that we don’t brag about nearly enough is our Department of Jewish Education (DJE). As Federation president, I am always excited to see new ideas in the making and new programming blossom into reality. More...

I still remember my bridal shower. It was a poorly kept secret staged just a few days before my graduation from college and our summer wedding, and the whispers and the giggles among my compatriots gave it away. More...